Blow-pipe bed



(No Model.)

W, MELOTTE.

BLOW PIPE BED.

No. 400,240. Patented'Mar. 26, 1889.

XIII

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. MELOTTE, OF ITHAOA, NE\V YORK.

BLOW-PIPE BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,240, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filet December 19, 1888. Serial No. 294,029. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MELoTTE, a resident of Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Blow- Pipe Beds; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to an improvement in devices for casting ingots, soldering small articles, and for other purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

This invention is an improvement on the one described in my pending application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed July 30, 1888, Serial No. 281,419; and the objects of my present improvement are to provide the band which encircles the cushion with loops formed integrally therewith and adapted for the reception and retention of the clamps, and to provide devices for pivotally connecting the clamps to the cushion and to admit of their being adjusted thereon.

In the drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cushion provided with the improved band and showing the manner of attaching the handle and clamps. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken 011 the line m as of Fig. 1.

A represents the circular cushion made of an asbestus ribbon or strip coiled upon itself, as fully described in my application for Letters Patent bet-ore referred to.

B represents a metallic band or strap which encircles the periphery of the cushion and has its ends riveted together, the said strap or band serving to tightly compress the coils of the cushion and retain the same at the requisite degree of density, as will be understood. The said bandor strap is provided at suitable regular distances apart with vertical concavo-convex grooves C, which are stamped or pressed therein, the convex sides of the said grooves engaging the periphery of the cushion, as shown, and serving to strengthen the connection of the band therewith. Across the central portion of each groove two short slits are cut in the band at a suitable distance apart and parallel with the edges of the band, and the portion of metal between said slits is swelled outward, thereby forming a loop, D, which registers with the groove and is adapted to receive the vertical leg G, one of the clamps E, and permit the latter to beheld at any desired adjustment on the cushion, and thereby adapt its presser-arm F to retain an ingotin old or other object in position on the cushion.

H represents the handle which is made of wood or other suitable non-conducting material, and is provided at its inner end with a pair of diverging arms, I, formed by bending a wire or rod, and said arms have their ends bent at right angles and adapted to engage two contiguous loops, D, of the band, and thereby firmly attach the,handle to the cushion and admit of its being readily detached therefrom. Hence the cushion, together with the object secured thereon to be heated, may be placed on a fire and the handle then detached, and when the cushion. has been sufficiently heated the operator may attach the handle thereto and remove the same from the fire and successfully perform the operation of casting an ingot or soldering an object.

K represents a cylindrical block, which is provided with a pivotal depending stem or pin, L, adapted to be inserted in one of the loops D of the band, or between two of the coils of the cushion, and thereby secure the said block either to the side of or upon the surface of the cushion, as may be required. The said block has a series of openings, M, parallel to its axis and adapted for the reception and detention of the vertical arm of one of the clamps E, such as previously described, and said block is also provided with a series of transverse openings, N, adapted for the reception and detention of a clamp, O. The

said openings extend entirely through the block, and hence admit of the longitudinal adjustment of the clamp. pivoted to the cushion by its stem or pin, may be turned to adjust the clamp to any desired position on the cushion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The block, being 1. The asbestns pad or cushion having the i for the reception and adjustment of the arm T 5 encircling band provided with the transverse of the clamps, substantially as described.

groovesB, and theloops l),in alignment there- 1 i. The asbestus cushion having the band with, substantially as described. provided with loops or openings D, in combination with the detachable handle having the bent arnis adapted to engage said loops or 20 openings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribin Witnesses.

2. The combination, with the asbestus cushion, of the band encircling the same and having the in\\'ardly-bent portions C engaging the periphery of the cushion, and the out- \\-'ardly-bent portions I), substantially as de- 10 scribed.

23. The combination, with the cushion and the clamps, of the block K, having the depending pivotal pin or stem, at d provided with the longitudinal and transverse openings adapted GEO. W. lVIELO'lilE. \Vitnesses:

HoRAeE G. .l'lLWKlNS, E. B. \VHITE. 

